Wheel attachment.



J. NBWHOUS'B. WHEEL ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2v, 1912. 1,082,897.

Patented Dee. 430, 1913.

80 that changes in the specific structure shown .moon NEWHoUsE, or BROWNVILLE, MINNESOTA.

WHEEL ATTACHMENT.

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Dec, 3l), 1913.'

Application med March 2, 1912. seria'i No. 651,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, JACOB NnwHoUsr., a citizen of the United States,land a resident ot' Brownville, in the county of Houston and State ofMinnesota, haveinventedcertain newand useful Improvements in Wheel Attachments, of. which -the following is 'a specification, and in -which like numerals oft reference indicate similar parts in the sev-lA eral views. f h

This lnvention relates to lmprovements in. front driving .mechanism for. motor` vehicles. Y

One object of the invention is to provide an'improved construction and arrangement of power transmitting and driving mechar nism whereby the powerv of the motoris ap plied to the front wheels of the vehicle for` operating the same. r Another object is to provide a front driving mechanismv 1for motorif'vehicles which will be sim le, 'ystrong andfdurable in construction, e cient in'operation and'which se: I

will notinterfere ,withI the yturning of the front wheels for steering the machine.,

With these and other objects in, View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction,l combination and arrangement of 'parts as will' be more'fully described. and claimed, it being-further understood and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

n the accompanying drawings forming e a part of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1 is a top plan View of the front supporting'and driving mechanism of a motor vehicle embodying my invention. Fig; 2, is 'afront View o the same. Fig. 3, is avertieal cross sectionalview on the line 8, 3 of Fig. 2. Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the front wheels of a motor Vehicle. To the rims or other suitable part of the wheels is secured al gear ring or an` nular series of beveled gear `teeth 2,.l The Wheels 1 are revolubly Vmounted on4 short stub-axles 8, fixed t0. and projecting laterally at right angles from vertically disposed axle shafts 4, mounted to turn, in bearing sleeves 5. The l,inner ends ofthe stub axles 3 are bifurcated or forked as at 6, said frame 12, to lwhich the body'of the vehicle (not shown).

Aa curved ,line around ing its ends revolulily forked ends Working throughv slots 7, in the sleeves 5 as shown. y y

The upper ends of the shafts 4 are mount. edin and connected together by a cross bar or "frame 8. The center of the frame 8 hasA formed therein a semi-circular arch 49, said arch having in its 'opposite sides segmental slots l0. 'lhc yarched portion of the bar or frame 8 is pivotally attached to the arched central portion 11, of a body engaging bar or is secured in any suitable manner,

The arch t) is pivotally connected tothe arch 11 of the frame 12 by headed studs 13', secured to the ing the slots 10 in the arch 9 as shown. The arch 9 is also held in pivotal or rocking engagement with thearch 11 of the frame 12 by a series of headed studs 13, arrangedv in th'eupper edge of the arch -9, the heads of said studs engaging or catching over the edge of the arch as shown.

On the bar or frame 12 below the arch 11 arch 1l and engagis arranged' a centrally disposed hearing I bracket 14, in which is revolubly mounted the forward end of the drive shaft'l, of t vehicle, said shaft having on its end a wor l 16, which is operatively engagedA vwith a worm gear 17, o'n a power transmitting driven. s.

mounted in the bearing sleeves 5 of the axle shaft 4.

F ixedly mounted on the shaft 18 near its endsand adjacent tothe sleeves 5 are bevel gears 1.9, which are engaged with idle bevel gear pinions 20,'revolubly` mounted on the en s of the sleeves 1 and the ends of the frame or cross bar 8. The pinlons 20 are also 1n operatlve engagement with the bevel .gears 2 on the wheels 1, whereby movement ofthe shaft 18 is transmitted to the wheels By connecting the drive shaft l5 with the gears 2 on the front wheels l1 as herein shown and, described, it will be seen 'that said .wheels are positively driven when turned in any direction. and without inter fering with the operation of the steering mechanism (not shown), but which may b e engaged with thc stub axles 3 of the ,wheels in any suitable manner for turning the wheels-in the desired direction'.

By'pivotally engaging or` connecting the frame or cross bar 8 of the wheels 1 with the bodysupporting bar or frame 12, it will be seenthat either-lof thewheels may pass over the obstructions or through ruts or depressions without further interfering with the aft 18, arranged between and Ahavl l 9o up er ends ofthe shaftsA between the upper driving or power transmitting mechanism. The advantages of driving both front and -rear wheels of a motor vehicle are well -porting mechanism whereby the from,

Wheels are continuously driven while passing over uneven ground or obstructions and through ruts, and When turned at various angles in steering the machine. This arrangement of gearing and driving meeha- .nism also permits very short turns to be made .by the vehicle, the driven froniwheels pulling the front end of the vehicle around quickly in the desired direction.

4From the foregoing description taken in connection with the Iaccompanylng drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without re- 4quiring a more extended explanation.

`Various changes in the form, .proportion arch, studssecured to said arch, a crossbarf having a semicircular arch for coaction with saidlirst mentioned arch with' slots engaged by said studs, `a bearing sleeve secured to each end of said cross har, a driven shaft having its ends working wit-hin bearingsof -said sleeves, a vertical plnlon shaft revolubly held within each sleeve, a stub axle eX- tending from each pinion shaft, a wheel upon each stub axle, a gear ring secured to each wheel, a pinion upon each pinion shaft in mesh with a gear ring, and gears upon said driven shafts in mesh with said pinions.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB NEWI-IOUSE. lVitnesses l JoHNW. POWERS,

ARTHUR HACKETT. 

